Management University of Africa (MUA) has announced the appointment of former Education Cabinet Secretary Prof. Jacob Thuranira Kaimenyi as the university’s second Chancellor. Prof. Kaimenyi takes over from the founding Chancellor, Dr. Architect Reuben Musyoka Mutiso, whose tenure ended on October 21, 2026. The university’s board of trustees expressed optimism that Prof. Kaimenyi’s vast experience in governance, academia and diplomacy would contribute to the institution’s continued pursuit of excellence. “We are delighted to congratulate Prof. Jacob Kaimenyi on his well-deserved appointment. His exemplary service in the fields of education and public service will no doubt propel the university to greater…
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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken over the chairmanship of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) from Kenya’s President William Ruto, marking the end of Kenya’s year-long leadership of the regional economic bloc. The handover took place on Thursday, October 22, during the 25th COMESA Summit of Heads of State and Government at the New Parliament Building in Mount Hampden, Harare. Ruto assumed the chairmanship at the bloc’s 24th summit in Nairobi on October 9, 2025. Zimbabwe will now lead efforts to advance regional trade, attract investment and accelerate industrialisation among COMESA’s 21 member states. In his…
Students wishing to study in the United Kingdom will need to show higher levels of funding from 30 November 2026 to meet the maintenance (living-cost) requirement. The Home Office confirmed this change in the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules in September. Every Student visa application submitted on or after 30 November 2026 must use the new amounts. Applications submitted on or before 29 November 2026 will be assessed against the limits in effect on the date of application. Students who wish to study in London must show at least £1,570 each month in available funds. That is about…
Kenya’s annual inflation rate rose to 6.8% in September 2026 from 6.6% in August, remaining within the Central Bank of Kenya’s (CBK) target range of 2.5% to 7.5%, according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS). The increase means consumer prices were 6.8% higher in September 2026 than in the same month last year. According to KNBS, the main contributors to annual inflation were food and non-alcoholic beverages, transport, and housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels. Core inflation, which reflects underlying price pressures, increased from 3.4% in August to 4.0% in September, while non-core inflation declined from 14.7%…
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) Plc grew its net profit by 13 per cent to Sh11.58 billion in the financial year ended June 2026, up from Sh10.24 billion the year before, according to results released on October 14. The improvement was driven by higher revenue, more efficient operations and stronger cash generation. Following the results, the board has proposed a first and final dividend of Sh0.32 per share, representing a total payout of Sh5.9 billion, for shareholders following the company’s listing on the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) earlier this year. Investors on the register at the close of business on November…
Porsche is doubling down on exclusivity to generate more value, with plans to cut model variants, expand into higher-margin segments and increase revenue from highly customised cars. “Our ultimate goal is to further strengthen our unique sports car brand — across all model lines and with new, highly desirable models in particularly high-margin segments,” said Michael Leiters, chairman of the executive board of Porsche. He made the remarks when the German sports carmaker revealed its new “Sportwagenschmiede ’35″strategy at a Capital Markets Day on Wednesday. It aims to lower Porsche’s break-even point to fewer than 200,000 vehicles while continuing to…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has seized about 46 tonnes of suspected smuggled sugar in an operation targeting illicit trade along the Kenya-Uganda border. KRA’s North Rift Region Investigation and Enforcement Team intercepted two lorries carrying 920 bags of sugar, each weighing 50kg, in Lodwar, Turkana County, at about 2am on October 8, 2026. The consignment has an estimated tax implication of Sh9.73 million, which could have been lost had the goods entered the market without payment of the applicable taxes. Preliminary investigations indicate that the sugar originated from Moroto, Uganda, and entered Kenya through Nadapal without payment of the…
President William Ruto has called for increased domestic food production to reduce Kenya’s reliance on imports, identifying edible oils, fats, wheat and rice as major contributors to the country’s food import bill. Speaking on Thursday, October 8, during the Agriculture and Food Systems Transformation Summit at Jamhuri Park ASK Showgrounds in Nairobi, the President said Kenya needed to produce more of the commodities it currently imports in large quantities. He described the high cost of food as a national concern, noting that Kenyans continued to spend more than half of their income on food. “We need to produce more of…
Kenya’s preparedness to contain Ebola is facing renewed scrutiny after the country confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo virus disease, with the patient dying in Nairobi days after arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale announced on Tuesday that a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the DRC for seven years had tested positive for Bundibugyo virus disease. The patient fell ill about a month before travelling and had received treatment at several health facilities in the DRC. He travelled by road from the DRC to Kampala, Uganda, before boarding Jambojet flight…
Until recently, anthropology wasn’t something that the general population knew much about. It’s only really in the last few years that it has become quite well-known and popular, and people have gone to study it in some numbers at universities. I’ve been an anthropologist for some 40 or 50 years, and what I tell my students is that anthropology is the study of the other. It’s a study of other civilizations, other communities and other societies, based on comparisons. It’s comparative and holistic — you study everything about the place you’re interested in, not just the economy or the political…
